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Morality is strategic risk avoidance.

Debate description changed from "Morality is just strategic risk avoidance." to "Morality is strategic risk avoidance." due to a persuasive argument made by Centifolia

 

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Morality is an evolutionary trait that we learned in order to understand a situation based on the views of the other. It is one of the major factors that keeps a society intact and peaceful. And it is not limited to humans alone.

Mother nature did not gave it to us to avoid risks, but to increase gain.

Side: False
atypican(4875) Disputed
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Morality is an evolutionary trait that we learned in order to understand a situation based on the views of the other.

Doesn't contradict the OP statement.

It is one of the major factors that keeps a society intact and peaceful. And it is not limited to humans alone.

Clearly supports the OP statement

Mother nature did not gave it to us to avoid risks, but to increase gain.

I can accept that as a good argument against the word "just" in the OP statement.

Side: True

Mothers risk their lives saving their children all the time.

Side: False
MuckaMcCaw(1970) Disputed
2 points

If a parent (fathers do this too, you know) is risking their life for a child (or anyone), the person in need of saving is already clearly "in risk". The action is therefore an attempt to remove the endangered one from risk, or avoid it. Risking oneself is basically an attempt to "turn off" a risk already happening.

Side: True
atypican(4875) Disputed
1 point

Just means that they aim to protect more than themselves, some people value the well being of their family more than their own individual well being. In the interest of saying something controversial, I am going to go ahead and say that these people are morally superior to those whose concern is overly self-centered.

Side: True

Ok what about people who risk their lives for freedom. Should they just be happy unfree, but risk free, lives instead of risking everything for the pursuit of happiness?

Side: False
MuckaMcCaw(1970) Disputed
2 points

They are attempting to minimize risk to their loved ones, families, and simultaneously trying to prevent their preferred way of life from being imperiled. Risk avoidance.

Side: True
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Strategic implies both a greater degree of intentionality and long-term orientation than is present in morality. It would be more accurate, in my opinion, to identify morality as an adaptive coping mechanism (and a frequently imprecise and problematic one at that).

Side: False